Bethel Moncrief

Brief Life History of Bethel

When Bethel Moncrief was born on 25 December 1882, in Monroe, Iowa, United States, her father, Francis Marion Moncrief, was 31 and her mother, Mary Ellen Reynolds, was 30. She married Harvey W “Harve” Wheeler on 10 January 1904, in Chariton, Lucas, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Lucas, Lucas, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Chariton, Lucas, Iowa, United States for about 1 years. She died on 5 May 1961, in Lucas, Iowa, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Chariton Cemetery, Chariton, Lucas, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harvey W “Harve” Wheeler
1876–1953
Bethel Moncrief
1882–1961
Marriage: 10 January 1904
Elouise Wheeler
1905–1984
Myrtle May Wheeler
1906–
Daisy Belle Wheeler
1909–1925
Genevieve Wheeler
1911–1996
Octavia W. Wheeler
1913–1914

Sources (21)

  • Bethel Wheeler, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Bethel Moncrief, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Bethel Wheeler, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Moncreiffe in Dunbarney (Perthshire). The placename derives from Gaelic monadh ‘hill’ + craoibhe, genitive of craobh ‘tree’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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